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500 BCE
First map created
The Babylonian Map of the World was incised on a clay tablet. -
200 BCE
Compass invented
The compass was invented by the Chinese, and the first ones were made of lodestone. -
Prime Meridian established
The International Meridian Conference selected the Greenwich Meridian as an international standard for zero degrees longitude. -
National Geographic Society is founded
This organization was founded with the intent to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge. -
Early days of GIS
Roger Tomlinson is famed for being a pioneer in the field of Geographic Information System (GIS). -
Five themes of geography
The five themes of geography were developed by the National Council for Geographic Education and the Association of American Geographers to help with geography education at the K-12 levels. -
National geography standards established
Replacing the five themes of geography, a set of eighteen learning standards was created by the National Council for Geographic Education.
